How to Say ‘You (polite ending)’ in Simplified Chinese
你了
nǐ le
[nee luh]
💬 Usage Tip: In phrases like [麻烦你了], the final [了] makes it sound like [sorry to have troubled you] or [thanks for the trouble]. So [你了] here isn't a fixed unit by itself — the important pattern is verb + [你] + [了], as in [辛苦你了].
Phrase Breakdown
你
nǐ
[nee]
you
Refers to the other person. In polite taxi speech, 您 is often used instead of 你.
今天真是麻烦你了。
I really troubled you today.
了
le
[luh]
sentence particle indicating change or completion
A very common particle. Here it softens the tone and marks the situation as something that has happened.
让您久等了，真不好意思。
Sorry to have kept you waiting.
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